Sökning: "Study of Religions"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 153 avhandlingar innehållade orden Study of Religions.

1. 11. Origins of Kingship Traditions and Symbolism in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

   Författare :Birgitta Farelius; Tord Fornberg; Arvi Hurskainen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interlacustrine; “the religious vision of the world”; the Creator; the first owners of the soil; the white cow; the hammer of smith ; Bigo bya Mugenyi; social stratification; the Bacwezi; the Babiito ideology of statecraft; the Bunyoro centre of creation; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Considering myth as the bearer of important symbolism with potentials to reveal history, this dissertation undertakes a historical interpretation of kingship traditions and/or myths in the Great Lakes region. While the historical sources describe the cultures of the peoples of the interlacustrine region, this study goes a step further to develop analytic categories using symbolism to interpret and explain the socio-political developments, which previously have been mystified and hence crystallised in theories as the well-known Hamitic theory. LÄS MER

3. 12. Rituals of a Secular Nation : Shinto Normativity and the Separation of Religion and State in Postwar Japan

   Författare :Ernils Larsson; Mattias Gardell; Mark Teeuwen; Levi McLaughlin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Shinto; Japanese religion; Critical religion theory; religion and law; Shin Buddhism; Nippon Kaigi; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how the concept of “religion” has been interpreted and negotiated in postwar Japanese courts of law, with a particular focus on its relationship to the adjacent concept “Shinto.” Particular attention is given to the landmark rulings by the Supreme Court on the Tsu Groundbreaking Ceremony case in 1977 and the Ehime Tamagushiryō case in 1997. LÄS MER

4. 13. Uniformity or Diversity? : Facing Portrayals of Ganda Religion

   Författare :Leuben Njinya-Mujinya; David Westerlund; Raimo Harjula; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Buganda; change; conformity; dissent; diversity; ethnicity; Ganda; Ganda religion; Great Lakes Region; Kabaka; ba lubaale; Luganda; mmandwa; non-conformity; uniformity; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This study researches, in a primarily historiographical way, conforming as well as, and in particular, dissenting thought and behavioural dispositions in Ganda religion. It lets the Ganda's existence, by and large, speak for itself on this matter. This occurs in two major ways. LÄS MER

5. 14. Kön och bibeltolkning : En undersökning av hur Nya testamentets brevtexter om kvinnors underordning tolkats i bibelvetenskapliga kommentarer under 1900-talet

   Författare :Annika Borg; Per Block; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; women’s subordination; New testament; biblical interpretation; feminist exegesis; sex gender; feminist biblical interpretation; dichotomy; power; historical-critical method; exegesis; hermeneutics; human rights; modernity; women ministers; Anton Fridrichsen; Simone de Beauvoir; feminism; androcentrism; pluralism; universalism; 1 Cor.; Eph.; Col.; 1 Tim.; Tit.; 1 Peter; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies; tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis I study how the New testament texts about women’s subordination have been interpreted in exegetical literature during the twentieth century. The New testament texts I refer to as the texts about women’s subordination are: 1 Cor. 11:2–16, 1 Cor. 14:33–40, Eph. LÄS MER

7. 15. Islamisk predikan på ljudkassett : en studie i retorik och fonogramologi

   Författare :Philip Halldén; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islam; Arabic; preaching; Muslim preacher; sermon; khutba; homiletic; rhetoric; genre; narrative; text and context; phonogram; audiocassette; recorded speech; format of publication; history of religions; persona; Ahmad al-Qattan; Ismail Hamidi; Salman al-Awda; Saudi Arabia; Resurrection; Paradise; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Phonetics; phonology; Fonetik; fonologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; Islamology;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation deals with Islamic preaching in theory and practice, with special focus on material recorded and published in the format of audiotapes/cassettes. One aim is to explore possible implications of the use of this special format of publication in the context of Islamic preaching. LÄS MER